On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we catch up on Kumoricon 2023 announcements & potential FanimeCon 2024 news, figure out why a climate change group targeted a Tekken 7 tournament, discuss Cities Skylines 2 missing benchmark targets as well as what could possibly be the worst game of the year in Skull Island: Rise of Kong (somehow worse than Gollum?) & LRG's P4G Limited Edition, and we pay our respects to the Persona 5 for Reels slot machine at Thunder Valley Casino and Resort. Plus our episodic discussion on Code Geass: Lost Stories as we get into the Arena and beach event, follow up about Suzume being back in theatres as we wonder "WTF Crunchyroll," and a bunch of "good news" to end the podcast.
Announcing Kana Ueda as Guest of Honor - https://www.kumoricon.org/?p=9332
San Jose City Council approves deal that will convert hotel rooms into student housing - https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-jose-city-council-approves-deal-that-will-convert-hotel-rooms-into-student-housing
[I refuse to post any links related to Just Stop Oil, so you can go look for the Tweet yourself. -Matthew]
Cities Skylines 2 Review - https://www.ign.com/articles/cities-skylines-2-review
Cities: Skylines 2 performance has "not achieved the benchmark we targeted", Paradox admits ahead of launch - https://www.eurogamer.net/cities-skylines-2-performance-has-not-achieved-the-benchmark-we-targeted-paradox-admits-ahead-of-launch
CS2 Benchmarks (in German) - https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Cities-Skylines-2-Spiel-74219/Tests/Release-Benchmarks-Performance-Tuning-Tipps-1431613/2
Cities: Skylines 2's official mod support won't arrive until after release - https://www.eurogamer.net/cities-skylines-2s-official-mod-support-wont-arrive-until-after-release
Skull Island: Rise of Kong Review - https://www.ign.com/articles/skull-island-rise-of-kong-review
Limited Run Games Reveals Persona 4 Golden Limited Edition, Merchandise - https://personacentral.com/p4g-limited-run-games/
Persona 5 for Reels | SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC. - https://www.segasammycreation.com/en/games/detail/Persona+5+for+Reels
Suzume | Official Website - https://www.suzume-movie.com/
‘Boy And The Heron’: Christian Bale, Florence Pugh, Robert Pattinson & Mark Hamill Join Voice Cast Of Hayao Miyazaki’s Next Film - https://deadline.com/2023/10/hayao-miyazaks-boy-heron-christian-bale-florence-pugh-1235575101/
Video shows moments 2 LAPD officers ignore backup calls, play Pokémon GO instead - https://abc7.com/los-angeles-new-video-shows-officers-playing-pokemon-go-ignore-backup-call-lapd/13880887/
I'm Not Leaving Bitwit - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QTOPA6dnjps
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